South Africa has welcomed an agreement between the two Koreas to hold a summit in June, saying it could be a “historical breakthrough.” Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said in a statement that the government strongly welcomed the announcement. “The South African government would like to commend both Korean leaders for their visionary leadership and pragmatism […]
SOUTH African cricket great Barry Richards has called on the International Cricket Council (ICC) to impose life bans on players found guilty of match fixing. Richards said he was stunned by sacked captain Hansie Cronje’s admission that he accepted money from an Indian bookmaker. Cronje has denied match fixing but Richards said the scandal had […]
JULIAN LINDEN, Sydney | Wednesday 12.00pm THE head of the Australian players association accused the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday of contributing to the Hansie Cronje scandal by failing to deal with previous matchfixing allegations. South African captain Cronje was sacked on Tuesday after admitting receiving money from an Indian bookmaker in one of […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 8.50am CRICKET chief Ali Bacher said on Wednesday Hansie Cronje’s involvement in the match-fixing controversy was part of a more serious global problem. The day after Cronje was sacked as South Africa’s captain for taking between $10000 and $15000 from a bookmaker for information and forecasting on one-day matches, Bacher […]
SOUTH African fast bowling legend Allan Donald on Tuesday said Hansie Cronje had been set up, leading to his sacking as his country’s cricket captain. Cronje reportedly received between $10000 and $15000 during a triangular tournament earlier this year but Donald said: ”By the looks of it he (Cronje) was done in. He got a […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuesday 3.00pm. BAFANA Bafana coach Trott Moloto has indicated that he is not considering dropping any of the 18-man squad that that beat Lesotho 2-0 in their World Cup qualifier last weekend, but may draft in Manchester United midfielder Quinton Fortune for the return-leg match. The match takes place next […]
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American Beauty took six awards, but the British Academy honoured many films ignored by the Oscars on Sunday night. Fiachra Gibbons reports.
SUDAN were given a 1-0 win over Mozambique through an 8th minute strike by veteran Farouk Gabra seeing Sudan through their first-round African qualifier for the 2002 World Cup. The two sides will meet in the second leg in Mozambique in two weeks.
NEDERBURG said sales from its annual wine auction have risen 5,8% to a new record of R5,8-million. A statement that 86% of the buyers are South African, 6% Namibian and 9% are other foreign buyers. The top six supermarkets and liquor retailers bought 33% of the wine, with Spar supermarkets buying the most. The highest […]